One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain it. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“The factors in warfare are: First, measurement; second, quantity; third, calculation; fourth, comparison; and fifth, victory.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
the leader of armies is the arbiter of the people's fate, the man on whom it depends whether the nation shall be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is INSUBORDINATION.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
What is of the greatest importance in war is extraordinary speed: One cannot afford to neglect opportunity. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Those who would wage war, should first eliminate all domestic enemies before proceeding to attack the external foe. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
To persuade your enemy to (retreat) before the fight is to defeat them even before the battle begins. An enemy made ally… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Rapidity is the essence of war: take advantage of the enemy's unreadiness, make your way by unexpected routes, and attack unguarded spots. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When the common soldiers are too strong and their officers too weak, the result is insubordination. When the officers are too strong… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If soldiers are punished before they have grown attached to you, they will not prove submissive; and, unless submissive, then will be… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Of all those in the army close to the commander none is more intimate than the secret agent; of all rewards none… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“If words of command are not clear and distinct, if orders are not thoroughly understood, then the general is to blame. But,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
When the general is weak and without authority; when his orders are not clear and distinct; when there are no fixed duties… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
He who wishes to fight must first count the cost. When you engage in actual fighting, if victory is long in coming,… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The relative size of your force as against that of your adversary is by itself of no consequence. What controls is the… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“Now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought. The general who loses… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong, and strike at what is weak. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack--the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise… — sun tzu Copy Share Image
The general who wins the battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“When the officers are too strong and the common soldiers too weak, the result is COLLAPSE.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Don't flail against the world, use it. Flexibility is the operative principle in the art of war. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
War is a matter of vital importance to the state; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“First, measurement; second, quantity; third, calculation; fourth, comparison; and fifth, victory.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“There has never been a protracted war from which a country has benefited . . . What is essential in war is… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
Appraise war in terms of the fundamental factors. The first of these factors is moral influence. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
If their forces are substantial, prepare for them; if their forces are strong, avoid them. — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
It is according to the shapes that I lay the plans for victory, but the multitude does not comprehend this. Although everyone can see… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Go into emptiness, strike voids, bypass what he defends hit him where he does not expect you. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“In a similar way, The Art of War pinpoints anger and greed as fundamental causes of defeat.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The PEOPLE being regarded as the essential part of the State, and FOOD as the people's heaven, is it not right that those in… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
Therefore the good fighter will be terrible in his onset, and prompt in his decision. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away and comfortably housed. Thus they… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“So long as victory can be attained, stupid haste is preferable to clever dilatoriness.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“You can ensure the safety of your defense if you only hold positions that cannot be attacked.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
If we do not wish to fight, we can prevent the enemy from engaging us even though the lines of our encampment be merely… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“The general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple before the battle is fought. The general who loses a battle makes… — Sun Tzu Copy Share
In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
“To begin by bluster, but afterwards to take fright at the enemy's numbers, shows a supreme lack of intelligence.” — Sun Tzu Copy Share
They [spies] cannot be properly managed without benevolence and straightforwardness. — Sun Tzu Copy Share
